From the Ashes
A Naruto Fanfiction
Author: ElderxChildx6
Co-Author/Editor: EDelta88
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. All rights reserved.
From the Ashes (c) Me & EDelta88
Len Hatake (c) Me
Prologue
Long ago, in a time when children entered the battlefield as shinobi at a very young age, war raged between the clans. Family lines fell out of existence almost as quickly as they came, killed off by their enemies or betrayed by their friends. Two clans in particular, the Uchiha and the Senju, the two most powerful of the shinobi clans, were constantly at odds. In fact, there hadn't been a time in living memory when the two superpowers had not been in conflict with each other.
In stark contrast, the Hatake clan was neither large nor particularly well known except within the shinobi community. Specializing in espionage and assassination, the Hatake remained in the background of the wars, preferring instead to exist in the shadow and away from the limelight of large scale combat. They were, however, involved in the wars. The Hatake dwelled a safe, though not considerable, distance from both the Uchiha and the Senju. In fact, at one point, the Hatake had become an occasional ally to the Senju clan. Unfortunately, this put the Hatake at odds with the Uchiha. Turning the two into enemies, themselves, despite how the Hatake rarely fought alongside the Senju to help in their affairs.
No one knows how it started. Only that it happened. The Hatake clan territory was in flames. Countless bodies being burned alive. Screams and shouts filled the air. At another time, in another place, none survived leaving one boy who had been on a mission as the sole survivor. But at this place, at this time...one other did.
The smell of smoke and burned flesh filled the air. A small child, badly burned, racing through the forests in an attempt to get away from the flames that now consumed her clansmen and home. The only reason she was even able to run in the first place was because of the adrenaline pumping through her veins.
Her silver hair singed, her entire body covered in third and fourth-degree burns, she ran blindly into the trees. The fact that she was even alive now was a miracle in and of itself. She ran until her feet bled and then kept running, the only thought in her mind was to get as far away as possible. Even when the adrenaline ran dry and she barely had the strength to run, she kept going. Her physical state no longer mattered, she was pushing herself farther through will alone. She might have kept going, hobbling through the woods until she dropped dead from exhaustion had she not tripped on a root.
With a cry of surprise and a dull thud she hit the ground, her small body quivering with fatigue as the intense, almost unbearable pain of the burns began to sink in. Whimpering in agony, she curled into a small ball on the cold, wet ground, drawing into herself as if she could hide from the pain.
She didn't know where she was. She didn't know how far or how long she had ran. At the moment, she didn't particularly care. Her entire world had narrowed down to pain, fear, and fire...
Then the pain and fatigue overcame her, and she knew nothing but darkness.
A/N: Okay...so I still wasn't done with Team Tragedy's chapter. My boyfriend can even tell you, writing the Wave arc is annoying.. I'm either going to come up with a different C-Rank mission outright for the future or I am simply just going to skip over it completely. It's ridiculous.
So I decided that to help all of you guys in your wait, I'd post the prologue to From the Ashes. Another Naruto fanfiction my boyfriend and I are working on together.^^ The updates are going to be ENTIRELY random! I don't know when I'll post the chapters, and please do not bug me about it. My profile already states that Team Tragedy is my main focus. So please try to refrain from bugging me about this one. Ask questions all you like. I am perfectly fine with questions.
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